Hungarian camerawoman is fired after deliberately TRIPPING migrants fleeing police - including a father carrying his terrified young child
- Petra Laszlo worked for TV station run by far-right anti-immigration party
- Footage shows her tripping desperate Syrian father carrying crying child
- TV station sacked her for 'unacceptable' behaviour after watching video
- Opposition parties say they will initiate charges of violence against Laszlo
A camerawoman who was caught kicking and tripping over migrants as they escaped from police has been sacked – and could face a criminal investigation.
Petra Laszlo, who worked for Hungarian news site N1TV, which is run by the anti-immigration far-right Jobbik party, was filming Syrian refugees as they fled across a field on the Hungarian-Serbian border.
Shocking footage showed her deliberately sticking her leg out as a desperate man carrying a crying child ran past her at holding area in Roszke.
Meanwhile, authorities were forced to close its M5 motorway today after groups of migrants broke through a police cordon.
Hungarian camerawoman Petra Laszlo has been caught kicking and tripping over migrants as they escaped from police officers who were making them wait on the border between Hungary and Serbia
The clip showed the refugee falling to the floor with the child underneath him before he turned to shout at her.
Laszlo was sacked with immediate effect after the TV station saw the footage online.
A statement posted on the station's website read: 'Today, a N1TV colleague behaved unacceptably at the Roszke reception centre.
'The cameraman's employment was terminated with immediate effect.'
Opposition parties Együtt-PM and the Democratic Coalition also said they will seek to initiate charges of violence against a member of the community, which carries a sentence of up to five years in prison, against Laszlo.
Outraged social media users took to Twitter and set a Facebook group called The Petra Laszlo Wall Of Shame to condemn her actions, labelling her 'pathetic' and 'disgraceful'.
Laszlo, working for N1TV, was filming the crowds of Syrian refugees as they ran across a field from Roszke camp. Above, the man who gets tripped over is pictured moments before carrying a crying child
The man was caught off guard and landed heavily with the child underneath him while the woman continued to watch
The refugee and child, who were carrying several bags, landed on the floor after Laszlo tripped them
Outraged social media users took to Twitter to condemn the woman's actions, labelling her 'pathetic' and 'disgraceful'
Petra Laszlo (above) worked for Hungarian news site N1TV which is run by the anti-immigration far-right Jobbik party
Davie McLaughlin wrote: 'It would appear that a Hungarian camerawoman has become this month's American dentist. This time, it deserves every ounce of condemnation.'
Usman Ali Khan added: 'Such pathetic behaviour of a #Hungarian camerawoman deliberately tripping a refugee carrying a child.'
And Tim Marshall, a foreign affairs analyst, said: 'From the angle where Hungarian "camerawoman" kicks the child I don't think the benefit of doubt applies... Disgraceful.'
The man Laszlo tripped was one of several hundred migrants who fled after being angered at the treatment by Hungarian police.
The migrants had been part of a group of 1,500 people who had been waiting for hours at a refugee collection point near the Roszke crossing.
Pictures showed some carrying small children as they ran through fields and began following train tracks towards the town of Szeged in a desperate bid to move on.
Police were seen following the migrants, who are hoping to reach other countries who are welcoming them in western Europe, and many officers did not attempt to stop them.
Hungary has made frantic and confused efforts to control the huge tide of migrants transiting the country, with many refugees becoming trapped for days outside the border.
Around 167,000 migrants have entered Hungary illegally so far this year, with most crossing the border around the Roszke area.
Last Friday, among a raft of anti-migrant laws approved, Hungary's parliament voted to criminalise illegal border crossing, with the ruling expected to come into force on September 15.
Some refugees, who slept outdoors in a field overnight so they could wait for a train this afternoon, said conditions were so bad they wanted to return across the border to Serbia.
One Syrian, who gave his first name as Ali, said: 'We've been here for two days and the Hungarian government only brings one bus?
'We're asking to go back to Serbia and they are not giving us this right. We're asking to go to Budapest and they are not giving us this right. Why? Why?'
A migrant helps another pass under a fence after they broke through a police cordon near Roszk, Hungary
Hundreds of migrantsbroke through police lines in Hungary near the main crossing point from Serbia today
Migrants pass under a fence after they broke through a police line near Roszke at the Hungarian-Serbian border
Men, women and children climb over fences with their belongings after breaking through a police cordon today
Two migrant men climb over a fence at the Hungarian-Serbian border in a bid to reach western Europe
The U.N. refugee agency added that it was concerned about the lack of proper reception facilities in the border area.
Spokesman Babar Baloch said: 'The border police are not trained to deal with the refugees.
'When people come in you need to receive them properly. There are woman and children and they are just kept in the open.
'Temperatures are going down as well so we need to have a system where these people receive proper care.'
Earlier today, Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced fresh efforts to complete a fence to keep the refugees out.
Meanwhile, fresh clashes erupted between police and migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos last night, which authorities said was 'on the verge of explosion'.
The news pushed Britain and France into pledging to accept tens of thousands more refugees from the record influx.
The man the camerawoman tripped was one of several hundred migrants who fled after being angered at the treatment by Hungarian police. Above, the group just before many ran from police
The migrants - including this boy carrying a young child - had been part of a group of 1,500 people who had been waiting for hours at a refugee collection point near the Roszke crossing
A migrant falls face-first between railway tracks after trying to break through a police cordon on the Hungarian border
Austria and Germany are already welcoming refugees, with many travelling from Budapest's Keleti train station.
EU's foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini called on 'all European leaders... to take decisions that are coherent with the emotions they express'.
Mr Orban said quotas would be futile unless Europe's frontiers were shored up.
Orban mocked the European Union's efforts to distribute migrants through a quota system and compared Hungary to a 'black sheep' representing a voice of reason in the EU flock.
Calling on Germany to end its 'open-door' policy, he said: 'We represent the position of what the Americans call "first things first".
'As long as we are unable to defend Europe's external borders, it makes no sense to talk about the fate of the immigrants.'
Many of the migrants were angry at having to wait for hours in the open for buses to take them to a registration centre. Above, a man carries a crying child as police stand guard
The scene was chaotic at times, with police choosing not to stop many of the migrants running away
Dozens of police circled around the migrants they managed to catch to prevent them getting any further away from the registration centre
Hundreds of migrants guarded by police were forced to walk several miles along rail tracks towards the town of Szeged after breaking away from the collection point
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